Through the Looking Glass Chapter 7
with complete solutions
Explain the pun in the conversation between the White King and Alice when
she says, "I see nobody on the road." - ANS ✔✔The King thinks that Alice
sees somebody named Nobody. He says, "To be able to see Nobody! And at
that distance, too!"
How does the pun about nobody continue between the King and the
Messenger? - ANS ✔✔The Messenger reports that he saw nobody on the road
and the King says, "Nobody walks slower than you." The Messenger is
offended, he thinks the King is being sarcastic.
Name the literary device in the phrase, "And Hatta went bounding away like
a grasshopper." - ANS ✔✔This is a simile.
Alice spots the White Queen running through the countryside. How is the
Queen's character accurate with her role as a chess piece? - ANS ✔✔In
chess, the Queen can go as far as she likes in any direction.
How does the Unicorn react when he sees Alice, and how is his reaction
ironic? - ANS ✔✔The Unicorn is surprised because he thinks that children are
mythical creatures, this is ironic because Alice feels the same way about
unicorns.
Why do the Lion and Unicorn fight? What do the creatures represent? - ANS
✔✔They fight over the King's crown. Lion and Unicorn represent two political
parties: Unicorn-England, Lion-Scotland
